Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 06:06:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 12%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 06:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 16'	South
Longitude:	129° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.95 meters/second, 1558.6 km/hour, 968.5 miles/hour or 841.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 26.6"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.14 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 38.5"	968.39 mi	west	0° 09' 39.3"	11.06 mi	north	968.80 mi
24 hours	12° 54' 15.5"	865.19 mi	east	4° 09' 17.3"	285.62 mi	north	917.93 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Darwin	Sun 3:36 PM	279 km	173 miles	150 nm	NE
Suai	Sun 3:06 PM	686 km	427 miles	371 nm	NW
Same	Sun 3:06 PM	690 km	429 miles	373 nm	NNW
Dili	Sun 3:06 PM	737 km	458 miles	398 nm	NNW
Kupang	Sun 2:06 PM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	NW
Ende	Sun 2:06 PM	1004 km	624 miles	542 nm	NW
Alice Springs	Sun 3:36 PM	1160 km	721 miles	627 nm	SSE
Kendari	Sun 2:06 PM	1345 km	836 miles	726 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sun 2:06 PM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	NW
Manokwari	Sun 3:06 PM	1582 km	983 miles	854 nm	NNE